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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sundar Chetlur, Singapore, SG;
Jennifer M. McKinley, Orlando, FL (US);
Minesh A. Patel, Orlando, FL (US);
Pradip K. Roy, Orlando, FL (US);
Jonathan Zhong-Ning Zhou, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes incorporation of a hydrogen isotope at a relatively high processing temperature during gate oxidation or polysilicon gate electrode deposition to maximize incorporation of hydrogen isotope at interfaces deliberately created during oxidation (such as graded oxidation) as multilayered poly/alpha-silicon deposition process.